I was struck on page 6 of your submission—your recommendations, which I'm going to get to in a minute—but you said in the last paragraph:
Efficiency is not what we want from our justice system. That is not what the Jordan and Cody decisions are all about. Cultural change involves a bundle of values, not a bundle of paper being efficiently pushed about. The goal should be to enhance the criminal justice system while preserving the protections of those whose liberty is at risk.
As one of the non-lawyers at the table, I'm struck by that philosophical but practical recommendation to remind us what the system is for.
How does your second recommendation play out? It reads:
For those cases where committal is not in issue, to utilize a modified civil form of discovery procedures, which would permit questioning to occur outside of the court process in a less costly and more efficient atmosphere.
Would that be a less effective way to conduct a preliminary inquiry, without the weight of the justice system to compel people to really be truthful, as we heard from Richard Fowler earlier?